Talcum-powder box with reenforced bead



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NICHOLAS LOESEL, OF RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAN COMPANYQ'OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TALCUlVI-IPOWDER BOX WITH REENFORCED BEAD.

Application filed June 27, 1922. Serial No. 571,254.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS LOESEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Richmond Hill, Long Island, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Talcum-Powder Boxes with Reenforced Beads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cans adapted for the packaging of talcum powder and the like and has for a principal object the provision of reinforcing means for strengthening the cover-receiving part of the body.

Cans of this character are frequently formed with oval shape and provided with a strengthening bead in the upper part of of the body, a slip cover being adapted to fit upon the portion of the body above said bead. Side pressure applied in handling the cans sometimes results in crushing the can beneath the bead and this, when a bead of usual form and strength is employed, is likely to cause distortion of the body material thereabove, so that the tight frictional fit of the cover upon the body is broken and the powder permitted to escape.

My invention contemplates the prevention of this result by the provision of an extra heavy bead part at the sides of the can, reinforcing the normal bead so that crushing of the sides does not seriously affect the cover-receiving part of the body.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better un derstood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accoin panying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a talcum powder can in which my invention is embodied;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof with certain parts shown in section; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 in Fig. 2.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings comprises primarily a body 11, which is of oval shape and has a strengthening bead 12 in the upper part thereof, and aslip cover, or breast 13 adapttop 14. The bead 12 serves to strengthen the I upper part of the can body and also limits the downward movement of the breast, the flanges of which engage the part .15 above said bead.

In order to prevent leaking of the contents, it is desirable that the close frictional contact between the side part 15 and the cover flanges be maintained. In the event that the oval body beneath the bead 12 is distorted through side pressure, the ordinary bead is not sufficient to prevent slight distortion in the cross-section of the body part 15 and when this occurs, the close frictional engagement with the cover flange is interrupted and leakage of the powder results.

For the purpose of causing the part 15 to remain intact and always in condition to receive and tightly engage the cover 13, I provide supplemental reinforcing beads 16 in the medium portions of the opposite side faces of the can. These parts 16 are or may be, in fact, more continuations, or enlargements of the bead 12, and are of any desired size. This improvement may, of course, constitute any deformation of the body mate rial adjacent the bead 12 of such character as to reinforce the latter. In the present in stance, the supplemental parts 16 are provided only at the sides of the can and not continuously around the bead 12, this having been found sufficient to efiectively maintain the body part 15 in its original form, even though the body beneath said bead be quite badly crushed. It is obvious, however, that such reinforcement might provided at any desired place and extended either partially or continuously around the encircling head 12.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will .be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

A can for talcum powder and the like, having a body provided near its top with an outstanding peripheral bead, and a breast fitted closely around the body above said bend to form a tight joint with the body, saidbody being formed with reinforcements of said bead at the median portions of its opposite sides, to preserve the shape of the upper end of the body and maintain the tightness of said joint and prevent the waste of powder when the sides of the body are NICHOLAS LOESEL.

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